Nonstop flight route between Sepang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia and Las Vegas, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL), Sepang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia and McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,855 miles (or 14,250 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Kuala Lumpur International Airport and McCarran International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Kuala Lumpur International Airport and McCarran International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL):

• Kuala Lumpur International Airport has three parallel runways.
• The contact pier is the rectangular-shaped terminal that is connected to the KLIA Main Terminal Building.
• In addition to being known as "Kuala Lumpur International Airport", another name for KUL is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur".
• The initial passenger growth was below average due to Asian Financial Crisis and the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic in 2003 and the airport failed to reach its target capacity of 25 million passengers per annum by 2004.
• The airport suffered greatly reduced traffic with the general reduction in economic activity brought about by the East Asian financial crisis, SARS, bird flu epidemic, the global financial crisis and the swine flu pandemic.
• The terminal has a built-up area of 257,000 sqm with 60 departure gates, 8 remote stands, 80 aerobridges, plus a retail space of 35,000 sqm to accommodate a total of 220 retail outlets.
• Because of Kuala Lumpur International Airport's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• Upon KLIA's completion, Subang Airport's Terminal 1 building was demolished.
• The closest airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) is  KA01  KJ15  MR1  Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) 吉隆坡中环广场 (XKL), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) N of KUL.
• Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) has 3 runways.
• The airport is operated by Malaysia Airports Sepang Sdn Bhd and is the major hub of Malaysia Airlines, MASkargo, AirAsia, AirAsia X, Malindo Air and Department of Civil Aviation.
• The furthest airport from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) is Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS), which is nearly antipodal to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (meaning Kuala Lumpur International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport), and is located 12,404 miles (19,962 kilometers) away in Macas, Ecuador.

Facts about McCarran International Airport (LAS):

• The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
• Between 1986 and 1997, Terminal 2 was built where two separate terminals had been in the 1970s and 1980s.
• McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.
• Terminal 2 opened on December 18, 1991, as The Charter International Terminal and was used for all international as well as most charter flights into Las Vegas.
• An expansion plan, McCarran 2000, was adopted in 1978 and funded by a $300 million bond issue in 1982.
• In 2012 McCarran ranked 24th in the world for passenger traffic, with 40,799,830 passengers passing through the terminal.
• The furthest airport from McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Terminal 3, opened on June 27, 2012, is used for all international flights as well as some domestic airlines.
• The terminal moved from Las Vegas Boulevard South to Paradise Road, opening on March 15, 1963.
• Due to Continental Airlines moving into the Star Alliance, along with cost-cutting moves at US Airways because of the 2008 night-flight hub closure, the US Airways Club was closed on September 13, 2009.
• On October 16, 2003 the airport installed SpeedCheck kiosks which allow customers to obtain a boarding pass without having to go to a specific airline kiosk or counter.
• McCarran International Airport (LAS) has 4 runways.
• McCarran International Airport has two public passenger terminals.